You can look for another real estate investor to team up with to help you close your first deal. go to the st Louis real estate investor meetups to learn more. network with real estate agents and investors and appraisers to learn more also.

This means you should consider door-knocking and becoming comfortable with the rejection.Be open to assistant positions and working on a team.

On the investment side I think a new agent is less likely to be rigid and is open to creative methods and as a commercial mortgage banker I think that they may still be building their team and are open to working with new people. 

Should I create a team of wholesalers give them the relevant information needed to be successful and have them funnel me deals for 50% profit? 

Hi, William, You'll want to have a good tax attorney / tax accountant on your team, hopefully the same person.The idea of a business entity structure is primarily to facilitate asset protection.

Buy the property right.Staying on budget is all about having a plan of where funds will be dedicated to get the biggest bang for you buck.

You would definitely need a good property management team or a turnkey operation on the ground to be successful though.I’m in Colorado and I haven’t seen the kind of Cash Flow opportunity that Cleveland has in Colorado.Best of luck to you.Robert H.

I have acquired 1 Broker and 2 Realtors as part of my Power Team. 

In my opinion one should only flip homes AFTER one has a dependable team of professionals who will do the work AND  if one can buy te home at a steep discount ( which is the most difficult part).

You can only hold the Sales Agent designation for 2 years, you must move on to Broker by then.Why not just find a great, investor friendly agent and use them as part of your team?